Donate & Invest

Investing in WWOA – What a great way to make a difference!

Donations to WWOA make a difference! They help us provide more educational materials, workshops, and events to better serve woodland owners across Wisconsin. Your donations will assist us in reaching other woodland owners with the sustainable forestry message and provide additional opportunities for learning. WWOA gratefully acknowledges donations of any size. WWOA is a 501(c)3 not for profit charitable organization, donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

We offer three ways for you to invest in WWOA

Donate to WWOA for today’s needs

By using our Donate button below you can make a secure donation through PayPal with your credit card or PayPal account. Please note: If you are making your donation in honor or in memory of someone special, acknowledgment card information can be submitted on the PayPal Donation Confirmation Page by completing the “Add Special Instructions to Recipient” with your gift details.
If you prefer to donate using a check, please send us a note expressing your wishes along with a check payable to WWOA. Mail to WWOA, PO Box 285, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Suggested Amounts

$38 for WWOA’s 38th Year

$25 – Root

$50 – Branch

$75 – Trunk

$99 – Crown

$500 – Sugar Maple Tree

$1,000 – Sustainable Forest

Invest in WWOA’s NEW Forestry Leader Scholarship

Consider your woodlands and how your relationship with your forester has helped you shape them over time. By investing in WWOA’s Forestry Leader Scholarship, your dollar goes towards encouraging and supporting the next generation of foresters.

With special thanks, a very dedicated WWOA member is willing to match our donations up to $20,000, through a special 1:1 Match Opportunity when donated by October 9, 2017! Special thank you to everyone supporting this wonderful opportunity – we met the full match! Your additional donations will help keep this fund growing!

The first scholarship will be awarded to a Junior or Senior student studying Forest Management at UW-Stevens Point in the spring of 2018. Help us establish a strong fund base for this scholarship to expand our reach and strengthen our partnership with UW-Stevens Point!

Please note: If you are making your donation online for the scholarship, please note you’d like the funds to go towards the scholarship fund on the PayPal Donation Confirmation Page by completing the “Add Special Instructions to Recipient” with your gift details. If you prefer to donate using a check, please send us a note expressing your wishes along with a check payable to WWOA. Mail to WWOA, PO Box 285, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Suggested Amounts

$1-10 – Aspiring Forester

$11-24 – Tree Planter

$25-49 – Forestry Tech

$50-74 – Wildfire Crew

$75-99 – Forest Ranger

$100-499 – Forest Ecologist

$500+ – Chief Forester

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Invest in WWOA’s Endowment Fund for Growing Our Future

WWOA’s Endowment Fund is Growing Our Future. To learn more about our Endowment Fund click on our brochure at right. WWOA encourages you to consider investing in our Endowment Fund, giving future woodland owners the continuing gift of a vibrant WWOA organization to assist them in caring for their woodlands.

Click on the brochure to learn more!

Our current Growing Our Future Campaign has a goal of $250,000 by 2018. As of June 30, 2016 we have raised $59,307.44. Your participation is essential to our success! Every gift is important; there is no gift too small or too large to make a difference in WWOA’s future. Donations of any amount are gratefully accepted and acknowledged. WWOA is a 501(c)(3) charity, donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Our Endowment Fund is managed by the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin (CFCW) Secure online donations can be made through their website by using this link toDonate Now . Please note: If you are making your donation in honor or in memory of someone special select that option on the CFCW donation form.

CFCW website now offers the option to give to WWOA through recurring monthly donation of any size!

If you prefer to donate using a check, please send us a note expressing your wishes to donate to WWOA’s Endowment Fund along with a check payable to WWOA Endowment Fund. Mail to WWOA, PO Box 285, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Donations to WWOA through your will or estate plans can be made by participating in the CFCW’s Heinz Living Legacy Circle. The Circle is for donors wishing to look beyond their lifetime by leaving a visible legacy for future woodland owners. To join the Circle, simply include WWOA’s Endowment Fund in your will or estate planning documents and complete the CFCW’s Heinz Living Legacy Circle form to notify CFCW of your planned giving. The form gives you the option of remaining anonymous. Living Legacy Circle members will be recognized for gifts now, if you so choose, giving us the opportunity to thank you for making a difference in WWOA’s future.